Milescraft 1213 Complete Door Mortising Kit

Product Details

Product Dimensions: 16.6 x 6.9 x 2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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ASIN: B001JEOIFY
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Item model number: 1213

By : Milescraft
Price : $29.95

Item Description

From the Manufacturer
Increase security and privacy in your house by replacing interior and exterior doors without having damaging the jamb or door frame with the Door Mortise Kit from Milescraft. By routing matching mortises for hinges, strike plates, and latch plates into the door and jamb, you will not have to tear a hole in the wall just to hang a greater wooden door. Featuring an effortless to use drop-in template design with a sturdy steel frame, this kit comes with almost everything you need to have for most hinges, strike plates, and latch plates on 1-three/4-Inch and 1-three/8-Inch doors and jambs. Gone are the days of chiseling or setting stops and pegs to rout a mortise. Simply set the door thickness selector knob, attach to the door or jamb, drop in the plainly marked template for your door hardware, and rout! Includes a durable tungsten carbide tipped 1/two-Inch router bit with ball bearing, eliminating the want for guide bushings. Also consists of an Simple Measure Guide exactly where we have carried out the math and created it uncomplicated for you to get regular sector placement of your door hardware. Centered tabs on every single template guarantee complete accuracy. This product is packaged in a clamshell that snaps shut to act as a hanging storage container for your templates when not in use. Merely cut off the package seal edge when opening for reuse. Contains the following templates: HINGE MORTISES (For square AND rounded hinges): two-1/two, three, three-1/2, 4, and four-1/2-Inch hinges. STRIKE PLATE MORTISES: 1-1/eight by 2-three/four, 1-1/two by two-1/4, and 1-1/2 by 2-3/four-Inch strike plates LATCH PLATE MORTISES: 1 by two-1/four, 1-1/eight by 2-1/four, and 1-1/8 by two-3/four-Inch latch plates. Some chiseling expected on templates with square corners.
Raise security and privacy in your residence by replacing interior and exterior doors without damaging the jamb or door frame with the Entry and Interior Door Mortise Kits from Milescraft.Each kit features an simple to use drop-in template design. Sturdy steel frame adjusts from 1-3/eight" to 1-three/four" doors and jambs. Centered tabs on each template make sure total accuracy Consists of a durable carbide tipped 1/2" router bit with ball bearing eliminating the need to have for guide bushings. Consists of Quick Measure Guide to simplify normal sector placement of your door hardware. Full Mortise Kit consists of templates for two-1/two", 3", three-1/2", four" and four-1/2" hinges 1-1/eight" x 2-three/4", 1-1/2" x two-1/four", and 1-1/two" x 2-three/4" strike plates and latch Plate Mortises: 1" x 2-1/four". 1-1/eight" x 2-1/4", and 1-1/eight" x 2-three/4" latch plates.

Technical Details

Easy to use drop in template design with clearly marked templates
Sturdy steel template frame with door thickness selector knob for 1-3/4 and 1-3/8-Inch doors
Includes durable tungsten carbide tipped router bit with ball bearing eliminating the need for guide bushings on your router
Centered tape measure tabs and easy measure guide ensure correct and precise installation of door hardware
Reusable packaging for template storage when not in use

Customer Reviews

I disagree with other reviewers who trashed this product. I am a contractor and I have owned a number of templates and jigs over the years.
I bought this one because I was impressed with the variety of templates included. For the price, I wasn't expecting much, but I was pleasantly surprised. I threw away the little nails that came with it and used 6 screws to secure the frame. From that point, it worked great. Instead of a large router, I just used my cordless laminate trimmer - very light and maneuverable.
I love the tool. I gave it a 4 rather than 5 only because I thought the materials used could be better. Actually, I would rate it a 4.7 if I could.

I found an ingenious and simple way to solve the sliding template issue that I and many others have had with this tool.
Buy a small roll of 3/8"-1/4" thick open cell or very thin 1/8" thick closed cell weather stripping. Cut to size, and adhere the weather stripping to the top and bottom of the inside of the frame jig (where the template comes in contact with the metal frame jig). Presto, your tool now perfectly and securely holds the template. Use small screws to attach the frame and template to the door.
The manufacturer should include small pre-cut weather stripping. It makes the tool hassle-free when you do this.
Have fun!